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Jul 31, 2014

Eurex

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives: Amendment to Market-Making scheme for FX options

To facilitate liquidity in FX derivatives, Eurex Exchange offers a Market-Making scheme including revenue sharing and transaction fee rebates until the end of 2017 for FX futures and FX options.

This circular announces an amendment to the Market-Making scheme for FX options.

The quotation obligations for FX options in the quarterly expirations Q1, Q2 and Q3 have been changed to nine out of 15 strikes (instead of the previous obligation to quote five out of 15 strikes in these quarterly expirations).

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